Serbian Army Soldier Found Dead in Pancevo Barracks
The Ministry of Defense says there is reasonable suspicion that a member of the 72nd Brigade for Special Operations died by suicide at the Rastko Nemanjic barracks.
A member of the Serbian Army was found dead yesterday around 3 p.m. at the Rastko Nemanjic barracks in Pancevo, the Ministry of Defense announced. The victim served in the 72nd Brigade for Special Operations.
“There is reasonable suspicion that a member of the Army of Serbia died by suicide,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Sources disagree on the victim’s identity. The Ministry of Defense says he was a sergeant born in 2000, meaning a 26-year-old who had served in the Army of Serbia since 2023. Kurir, citing its own sources, reports that the man who died was S. P. (21), a volunteer soldier from Zajecar completing voluntary military service.
According to Kurir, the body was found next to a guard house inside the barracks compound, and the soldier had a gunshot wound to the head. The Military Police carried out the on-site investigation.
The case is being handled by the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Pancevo. The prosecutor’s office confirmed to Kurir that the on-duty deputy public prosecutor went to the scene. The investigation is meant to establish exactly what happened at the guard post.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Serbia has ordered the formation of a commission to determine the cause and all the circumstances of the extraordinary event at the barracks. The Rastko Nemanjic barracks in Pancevo is the headquarters of the 72nd Brigade for Special Operations, the unit in which the soldier served.
Authorities have not released further details about the investigation so far. Srpske novine is following the case and will publish new information as soon as it is confirmed by the relevant institutions.
